Presentation to the State Board of Education, January 23, 2014
Laura Roach, DirectorTom Thompson, Education Specialist
Office of Learning - ISAA
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Work collaboratively to develop a math course that…◦ Starts with context◦ Addresses high school standards◦ Improves student attitude and performance
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Bend HS Churchill Alternative HS Colton HS Coquille HS Crow HS Estacada HS Gladstone HS Heppner Jr/Sr HS Lebanon HS Molalla HS Toledo HS
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Oregon Department of Education – Oversight
National Research Center for Career and Technical Education – Research and Development
Lane County Education Service District – Data Collection and Professional Development
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Introduce the real-world problem Assess students’ pre-knowledge of math Instruct math concepts/principles embedded in the
problem Reinforce instruction with related real-world
examples Present the math as it looks in traditional courses Provide students authentic opportunities to
demonstrate their ability to solve the problem. Use traditional math assessments that address
standards
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Unit Development Lesson development
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
A combination of Algebra and Geometry was situated in CTE-oriented units:
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
• Pre- and post-testing of mathematics ability in tech math and comparison classrooms (Accuplacer)
• Math Attitude Inventory (ATMI)• Demographic student surveys• Artifacts of student activities and
accomplishments
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
Significantly improved math attitudes over peers in comparison classrooms
Comparable math achievement to peers in comparison classrooms
Students with high pre-test scores improved over their peers in geometry classes
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
“I learned a lot now I will be able to help my dad build a house this summer”
“ Math is starting to make sense to me”
“Working in teams is a lot of fun someone always knows what to do.”
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
• Pre- and post-PD teacher surveys• Online pre-unit reports from CTE
partners• Lesson-by-lesson reports from the
mathematics teachers• End-of year focus groups
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
I was excited for this set of lessons because the students that I work with …traditionally don’t do well in school and need a hands-on component to make math relevant…I was hoping this would do it for them, and from what I see it works…
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
“Am I in a math class or am I in a CTE class?” And so I found several times when it came time to … some of the rigor of math, [I said] “Okay, it’s a math day.
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014
National release – ACTE conference Full report published Publication in research journals Connecting to state CCSS, CTE, and STEM
work Developing multiple professional
development models
Oregon Department of Education | January 2014